About
Derrick Hensley is a Child Welfare, Family, and Immigration lawyer who manages a small regulation workplace in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Derrick based his own company in an effort to ensure he should take cases that make a real difference for his customers, and to make sure that his practice continually located the best standards of the legal career. Derrick is devoted zealously advocating for his customers and to fostering an open, communicative lawyer-consumer dating based totally on trust and honesty.
Derrick s corporation has practices in several fields of law, focusing at the intersections among them, together with worldwide circle of relatives law, humanitarian and circle of relatives immigration, and toddler welfare topics. Derrick is experienced in various styles of appeals, and is capable of pursue appeals of decisions in country court docket as well as federal subjects. Derrick has represented the first-class hobbies of masses of children in juvenile abuse/neglect/dependency proceedings as a group of workers Lawyer Advocate, and has dealt with loads of toddler guide instances while representing a county baby support (IV-D) organisation. Derrick also has vast experience in looking for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for abused, ignored, and abandoned immigrant children.
Derrick is a Child Welfare Law Specialist, certified by the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC), in addition to an NC State Bar Board-Certified Family Law Specialist. Derrick is admitted to practice inside the State Courts of North Carolina, within the three Federal Districts in North Carolina, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the D.C. District Court and Circuit Court, and the Supreme Court of america.
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Legal Issues
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Juvenile Law
Costs
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Payment With Credit Card
Most playing cards commonplace via our consumer portal -
Conditional Fees
Wage Theft court cases can sometimes be litigated on a contingent charge foundation. -
Retaines and Rates
$2 hundred for an preliminary session. Many instances a flat rate may be arranged, and a sliding scale is available. $250/hr. for all other matters.
Certificates
North Carolina State Bar
Child Welfare Law Specialist
National Association of Counsel For Children
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions




Experience
- Lawyer
The Law Office of Derrick J. Hensley, PLLC
2011 - Lawyer Advocate
Alamance County Guardian ad Litem Program
2013 - Child Support Enforcement (IV-D) Contract Lawyer
Durham County Lawyer s Office
2014 - Coverage Lawyer Advocate
Durham County Guardian ad Litem Program
2013 - Legal Intern (Practicing under 3rd Year Rule)
Durham County Lawyer s Office
2010 - Legal Intern
City of Durham Lawyer s Office
2010
Educations

Graduation year: 2007

Graduation year: 2002
Video Call/Chat Support
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